Printing device



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R. J. BENTLEY & G. H. SCHIEK.

PRINTING DEVIGE. N0. 588,85? Pcei1tedAug. 24,1897.

UNITED* STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT J BENTLEY AND GEORGE H. SOHIEK, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

PRINTING DEVISE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 588,853, date i August24, 1897. Applicatlon filed April Z0, 1896. Serial N0. 588,225. (N0model.)

T0 all wh0m zit may concern:

Be i1: known that we, ROBERT J. BENTLEY '3nd GEORGE H. SCHIEK, oitizensof theUuited States of America, residing ab J olieb, in the oounty ofWill and State of llli nois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Automatio Printing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecifioation, reference being had therein 110 the aocompanyingdrawings, and the letters of reference thereou, forming a part of tl1isspecifioation, in whioh Figure 1 is a side elevanion of the apparabus,und Fig. 2 a front eleva'oion of the same.

This invention relat6s to oertaixl improvements in automatio printingapparatus clesigned espeeially 130 be combined and usec1 in conj unctionWith stands or fram es Whioh support rolls of paper, such as is oommonlyuSed by dealers in merohandise for wrapping purposes, for automatieallyprinting upon Lhe paper such wording o1 characters as may be desired asi is drawn from the roll; and it cousists in certain novel construotionund arrangement of parts, which 2we fully set forth and described inthefollowing speoifieation and pointed out in the claims.

Roferring to 'he drawings, A represents the base, B the eross-heacl,an'd C O th'e roll-.

supporting posts of a frame such asis commonly used by dealers f01standing upon 1.heir

counters fo1 supporting 1olls of wmpping-paper, as shown ab P, und.whioh fr2une is provided with he usual spring-arms D for holding theusual -blade E, whioh elainps aud holds the free end of the paper stripand also serves as a shear against which the paper is brough 110 severits fromfnhe roll-strip after a portion l1as been drawn from the roll,and as a, means of supportiug the paper-roll in said frame a rod isplaoed through its core, or it2s oore maybe providerl With trunnions, asrepresented als I. Fixed to said cross-head B is a pair of spring-ums F,shaped so as to extend outward and downward oo a point about horizontalwith the axis of roll P, and eaoh of said arms is provided Wibh asta-y-bar G, placed at'the chord of their aroh, for bl1e purpose ofpreventing their portion at said auch fron1 yielding and. therebyconfining their yielding to tha portion between said arch 1 undoross-head B. Said arn1s F are each provided ab tl1eir lower terx'ninalWith an eye H sind above.said eye with keeper-hooks H and H insucoessive order, as shown.

R is a roll, preferably made of wood, having trunnions J plaeed in saidarm-eyes H, arid, further, said rollis provided about either end Wi'hrubber bands L und. is yieldingly hold by said arms F, so a s to bringsaid bands L0 bear against the roll of paper P with sufficient pressure,so thab when roll P is turned provided Wll1ll trunuions J and J,pluoed,'

respeotively, in tl1e keeper-hooks I-I and H of arms F 2u'1d yieldinglyhold. so roll R Will impinge roll R anal so roll R Will in turn in1pingeroll R by means of coil-springs S and S, whioh respectively oonneot thetrumnions J of roll R With the lower extremiy of arn1s F aud alsoconneot togetller he trumnions of both side rolls R and R, a-s shown.The 1'011 R being for the purpose of primarily receiving theprinting-ink, when by the join rotation of all the rolls, caused loytheir yielding faoe-conaot, the\ iuk is taken 011 roll R frofn roll Raud given out to ink the type W 0n roll R, as the said type is broughtabout1 in contaol: therewith, so oho type will be supplied ab each turnwith ink to print upon oho paper St-1ip o1 roll P such matter orcharacter as may be desired by the dealer, and by reason of roll R beingof less diameter than roll R the type WV will not engage saicl roll Rsucoessively in the same place, auf]. henee a uniform distribution ofink is made. The arms F are made with a yielding capaoiuy sufficient 150aooommodate roll R to various diameters of the roll of paper P. The formof said spring-ums F are such that when the paper-roll P ehanges loycousumption from a large 130 a small size the printing-roll will bebrought by the tension of said spring-arms toward the axis of fihepaper-rol], and by reason 0f the curved. forma of said spring-arms, thefach 0f their being seeured so the paper-rol] holding the frame thepaper-rol], and therefore the apparatus is adapted 130 properly printthe paper as it is drawn from the roll from the greatest to the sma1lestdiameter of the paper-roll.

The form of frame for supporting the roll 0f paper P may be changed toany convenienl: type from that; shown, the manner of attachxnent anddesign of the yielding arms F may be altered, and the type of springsused f01 yieldingly holding said r011s R, R, and R together may bechanged and no affect the nature of this invention.

Having th us described our invention, what we clairn as new and useful,and desire to seeu1e by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In eombina'oion wit-h a frame supporting a rotatable paper-roll, of apair of curved spring-arrns provided with vertically-disposed chords andhaving eyes formed Lherein continuous Wih the said parts ab their points0f juncnure, a printing-roll rotatably earried in said eyes and havingfrictiona] bands there- 0n to conuacb Wih the paper-roll and also pro-Vided witl1 type standing 01111 equally With the said bands,successively-arranged honks 011 1311e said arms, ink-rolls rotatablycarried by Ehe said hooks, and springs engaging the trunnions of saidink-rolls and ul1e said arms.

substantially as described.

2. In combination With a supporting-frame having a paper-roll journaled.therein and a, cut-ter eoactin g with said. paper-roll, of a pair ofcurved spring-arms having vertically-disposed ehords, adiametrically-opemting typeroller carried by the lower portions of saidspring-arm's ab Ehe point of' juncture With the ehords, and successiveinking-rollers yieldingly engaging the said type-roller, said'typerollerbeing he1d con-t-inuously in 1ine with the axis of the paper-rol],substantially as described.

3. The combination With a supportingframe having a paper-roll thereinand a entting attachmenb coacting With the said paperroll, of a pair ofconuinuous curved springarnris having their lower ends in'line With theaxis of the paperroll and provided with chords, a type-roll carried a1:the lower portions of the said arms and situated in 1ine with the axisof the paper-xoll, and successive inking-rolls bearing against eaohother and one of the same again'st the said type-roll, said type-rolland inking-rolls beingi n curved alinemen, and the pressu1e 0f each 0nthe other exerted direotly in 1ine Wibh the axis 0f lhe paper-roll,subsbantially as described.

ROBERT J. BENTLEY. GEORGE H. SCHIEK. Witnesses:

WM. J. HUTCHINS, FREI) BEUTTERMUELLER.

